Triple

T23330409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anthropology E591426 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object Franz Boas — NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Franz Boas | Statement: [Anthropology, hasKeyFigure, Franz Boas]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Franz Boas
Context triple: [Anthropology, hasKeyFigure, Franz Boas]
  • A. Franz Boas chosen
    Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
  • B. Robert H. Lowie
    Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
  • C. Albert Samuel Gatschet
    Albert Samuel Gatschet was a 19th-century Swiss-American linguist and ethnologist known for his pioneering documentation of Native American languages and cultures.
  • D. Karl Kroeber
    Karl Kroeber was an American literary scholar and critic known for his work in Romantic literature, Native American storytelling, and ecological literary studies.
  • E. Alfred L. Kroeber
    Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e25d20156c81908c5c53195bd9c738 elicitation completed
NER batch_69f197ece360819099da8443dd86a355 ner completed
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:15 p.m.